Posted: 2/20/2015 9:39:04 PM EDT
| Unfamiliar with this gun. I have a local seller with one. Can't seem to find a bad review. Would like to hear from those familiar with the brand. |
| I've yet to meet anyone not impressed by their STI purchases, I have no doubt you would be happy with it if you get it. I have an STI Elektra and I absolutely LOVE the gun. Excellent quality, phenomenal accuracy, 100% reliability, great trigger, looks amazing... What else could you want? |
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Well, I'll go ahead and give you a bad review. The Ranger II I had was a complete piece of shit. Shit went bad from the very first mag. Never got a complete magazine fired without a FTE. The ejector broke within 4 mags. Sent it back to STI, and the CS was excellent; I'll give them that. They tuned and polished and had it back to me quickly. First mag on the return trip, and it was doing the same shit. Same problems with various mags. I gave up on it, and sold it to a guy with full disclosure. Bought myself a Colt, and never looked back. |
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Well, I'll go ahead and give you a bad review. The Ranger II I had was a complete piece of shit. Shit went bad from the very first mag. Never got a complete magazine fired without a FTE. The ejector broke within 4 mags. Sent it back to STI, and the CS was excellent; I'll give them that. They tuned and polished and had it back to me quickly. First mag on the return trip, and it was doing the same shit. Same problems with various mags. I gave up on it, and sold it to a guy with full disclosure. Bought myself a Colt, and never looked back. Extremely unusual but everyone makes a lemon sometimes, doesn't reflect on them overall though. |
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Well, I'll go ahead and give you a bad review. The Ranger II I had was a complete piece of shit. Shit went bad from the very first mag. Never got a complete magazine fired without a FTE. The ejector broke within 4 mags. Sent it back to STI, and the CS was excellent; I'll give them that. They tuned and polished and had it back to me quickly. First mag on the return trip, and it was doing the same shit. Same problems with various mags. I gave up on it, and sold it to a guy with full disclosure. Bought myself a Colt, and never looked back. sounds like they just replaced with new ejector and never actually test fired it. Not that it matters now but you remember what brand of ammo you were running through it? |
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I was running a mix of WWB, Ranger T, and well made handloads that is run through several pistols without trouble; I made them. And yes, I would agree that mine was an odd lemon, and not the norm. But it ruined them for me. OP, are you set on a Commander size? No I already have the new Ruger LW Commander. I had listed the p245 for trade for a Colt when the STI was offered. |
| I dunno, the P245 has a price point significantly lower than the STI Ranger II and even with that trade plus $160, I'd go for it. If I owned the Ranger, there's no way I'd trade it for a P245 plus $100. I'm not sure I'd trade for one plus $160 unless I just had to have it. |
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Ok made the trade today and went straight to the range put 200 rds through it and it ate everything in 8 rd mags, however just like my Ruger LW Commander 7 rd mags with Speer Gold Dot had a couple of feed issues. Not sure what the deal is with that round in 7 rd mags. (yes they were different mags) no issues with 8 rd mags and no issues with Winchester ranger in the 7 rd mags. (either gun)
But overall with the Ranger I am pleased and plan to put some more rounds through it next week. Now to attempt to take it apart and clean it. I understand it is easier then it appears. eta cleaning it was a piece of cake. (thanks to the video on the STI site) |
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just like my Ruger LW Commander 7 rd mags with Speer Gold Dot had a couple of feed issues. Not sure what the deal is with that round in 7 rd mags. (yes they were different mags) no issues with 8 rd mags and no issues with Winchester ranger in the 7 rd mags. (either gun) I had a strange thing happen with my Les Baer and 7 round mags. Best I can tell, it doesn't like the follower. It will feed all the rounds, but on the last one it will lock it up and push the slide stop pin out just enough to cause some major issues. It appears that when the 7 round mag is empty, the follower sticks up above the feed lips. It works find with any mag that doesn't have that feature. My Baer really seems to like Chip McCormick mags. Maybe even better than the Trip Cobras. |